What is the long-term care continuum?
The continuum of care includes all levels of health care and personal care service available.
The continuum of care includes all levels of health care and personal care service available.
Generally, residents take care of all their own needs, including meal preparation, housekeeping and transportation.
Independent living may be something as simple as a housing complex for seniors, or might be one level in a retirement community.
Yes. In fact, the sector is expected to grow at an annul rate of 5 to 10 percent as a result of demographic trends, relative cost advantages and efficiencies under the prospective payment system.
It had been. Between 1990 and 1997, the provision of home health agency services was one of Medicare’s fastest-growing expenses.
According to CMS, $45 billion was spent on home care in 2001.
Approximately 7,000 Medicare-certified home health agencies exist nationally.
Services may include skilled and home health aide nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy as well as medical social work services.
CCRCs represent a steadily growing and gradually more stable option for seekers of long-term care for the elderly.